Samsung Electronics claims it’s the first company to begin sampling 128Mbit synchronous DRAM chips, which, according to various South Korean dailies, have been shipped to an unnamed US vendor, presumably its US fab partner Intel Corp. Full production of the single chip device begins in the second quarter. Existing 128Mbit DRAM chips use two 64Mbit […]
Samsung Electronics claims it’s the first company to begin sampling 128Mbit synchronous DRAM chips, which, according to various South Korean dailies, have been shipped to an unnamed US vendor, presumably its US fab partner Intel Corp. Full production of the single chip device begins in the second quarter. Existing 128Mbit DRAM chips use two 64Mbit DRAMs joined together. Samsung says one chip can store some 1,050 newspaper pages and is produced using conventional 0.23 micron, 8 wafer production process. Samsung is partnering with NEC Corp to create 12 wafer production processes for 256Mbit DRAM. There was no word on a much-anticipated Intel investment Samsung or any other deal the US chip maker is said to be striking with the Korean giant. Even though some sources at Samsung’s US unit had expected the company to release a statement Monday, Samsung spokespeople in South Korea said the company is still discussing a wide range of possibilities, including investment.
